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Lew:
Actually, the car that David mentioned (mine!) is a 427 body and coil spring chassis built to more or less emulate the AC 289 Sports that AC made in small quantity in 1966-67 after Shelby stopped buying AC rollers. It's what Shelby would have called a street car, i.e., no rollbar, no hood scoop, underbody exhaust, no lips on the rear fenders, but with a small block. With a light motor and the Kirkham weight reduction program applied wherever possible, it came out at about 2050 lbs. As David has implied, a small block with modern technology can mean something very different from a small block in 1967. If I recall the dyno sheet correctly, torque peaks at about 420 ft/lbs and HP at 456. More than adequate to have some fun, eh?
Of course, all the credit goes to David and the Kirkham crew for caring enough to get it right.
David
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